Where does “cloudbust” come from?
cloudbust (English) comes from English bust, from French buste, from Italian busto, from Latin bustum, from Latin urere, from Latin uro, from Proto-Italic ouzō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ews- — to burn.
cloudbust (English): A cloudburst
Definitions
- A cloudburst
Ancestry of “cloudbust”, step by step
cloudbust traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bust
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bust | A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and... |
| 2 | French | buste | bust, torso; bust |
| 3 | Italian | busto | tomb, grave; cadaver, corpse; bust |
| 4 | Latin | bustum | A burial mound, tomb; A place for burning funeral... |
| 5 | Latin | urere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | uro | I burn, consume, inflame; to rage, to ravage |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | ouzō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ews- | to burn |
via English cloud
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cloud | A rock; boulder; a hill; A visible mass of water... |
| 2 | Middle English | cloud | A small elevation; a hill; A clod, lump, or... |
| 3 | Old English | clūd | mass of stone, rock, boulder, hill; rock, boulder |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | klūt | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | klūtaz | lump, clod; boulder, rock; hill |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gelewdos | — |
| 7 | Indo-European | *gel- | — |